The Punch Escrow Movie Updates

Fri., Jul. 14, 2017

from The Hollywood Reporter

'Alice Through the Looking Glass' Director to Helm Sci-Fi 'Punch Escrow' Movie

Lionsgate picked up the debut novel's rights in a heated bidding war in April.

• added James Bobin as director and screenwriter to credits
• changed the production status to Development

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Wed., Jul. 5, 2017

from The Hollywood Reporter

Lionsgate in Talks to Pick Up Sci-Fi Story 'The Punch Escrow'

Lionsgate is emerging as the winner for the rights to the upcoming sci-fi book The Punch Escrow and is now in final negotiations to acquire them.

• changed the production status to Announced
• added a synopsis

• Set in the year 2147, the story's protagonist, Joel Byram, lives a normal life, spending his days training artificial-intelligence engines to act more human — until the day he's accidentally duplicated while teleporting. Now Joel must outsmart the ... show all shadowy organization that controls teleportation, and find a way to get back to the woman he loves in a world that now has two of him.

• added Lionsgate as a distributor
• created the movie profile